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BIPOC/ PGM Discounted Ticket: Sheepskin Tanning Workshop: Sept. 26-28
This is a discounted ticket offering for BIPOC/ People of the Global Majority. Please let Callan know if this price is still prohibitive. Callanshore@gmail.com
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Join Instructor Callan Burton-Shore to learn how to naturally tan a sheepskin using elements of both the traditional egg-tanning method and bark (veg) tanning. Over the course of 3-days, each student will tan their own sheepskin using just a few tools, tree bark, some eggs, and their own hands! The skills covered in this class also apply to many other kinds of animal hides and types of tanning, so this is great class to take no matter how much experience you have.
We will come together on a beautiful piece of land in Weaverville, NC, surrounded by spice bush and tulip poplar. This is a physically demanding + focused class, but we will also have time to hang out and play!
Primitive camping for $15 is available as a separate add-on on the workshops page.
Contact Callan directly with questions: callanshore@gmail.com
What you’ll learn:
What is hide tanning
History + various cultural traditions of tanning
How to source + store hides
How to remove flesh and membrane from a hide
How to bark tan a sheepskin
How to find tannins in your area
How to egg/ dress a sheepskin with emulsified oil
How to soften a sheepskin in a frame
The difference between smoke-tanning + bark-tanning
The difference between fur-on pelts, leather, rawhide, and buckskin
Basic hide sewing techniques
Much more!
Overview of Class:
Please keep in mind that hide tanning is dependent on many uncontrollable factors, so we will aim to stick to the below schedule, but times may vary slightly. We will have 30 mins-an hour for lunch each day. I am using “sheepskin” and “hide” interchangeably here.
Day 1
9:30 am-5 pm
Intro circle: get to know each other + gratitude
Talk about combo-tanning process and different types of tanning
Flesh your sheepskin
Lunch
Make a tannic bark brew and put the sheepskins in
Day 2
10 am-5pm
Give sheepskins a bath
Scud hides (push liquid out)
Sew up holes
Lunch
Egg (dress) hides
Open hide tanning Q+A
Learn to make fire by friction (if time allows)
Day 3
10 am-4 pm
Frame hides
Soften till they’re dry!
This is a discounted ticket offering for BIPOC/ People of the Global Majority. Please let Callan know if this price is still prohibitive. Callanshore@gmail.com
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Join Instructor Callan Burton-Shore to learn how to naturally tan a sheepskin using elements of both the traditional egg-tanning method and bark (veg) tanning. Over the course of 3-days, each student will tan their own sheepskin using just a few tools, tree bark, some eggs, and their own hands! The skills covered in this class also apply to many other kinds of animal hides and types of tanning, so this is great class to take no matter how much experience you have.
We will come together on a beautiful piece of land in Weaverville, NC, surrounded by spice bush and tulip poplar. This is a physically demanding + focused class, but we will also have time to hang out and play!
Primitive camping for $15 is available as a separate add-on on the workshops page.
Contact Callan directly with questions: callanshore@gmail.com
What you’ll learn:
What is hide tanning
History + various cultural traditions of tanning
How to source + store hides
How to remove flesh and membrane from a hide
How to bark tan a sheepskin
How to find tannins in your area
How to egg/ dress a sheepskin with emulsified oil
How to soften a sheepskin in a frame
The difference between smoke-tanning + bark-tanning
The difference between fur-on pelts, leather, rawhide, and buckskin
Basic hide sewing techniques
Much more!
Overview of Class:
Please keep in mind that hide tanning is dependent on many uncontrollable factors, so we will aim to stick to the below schedule, but times may vary slightly. We will have 30 mins-an hour for lunch each day. I am using “sheepskin” and “hide” interchangeably here.
Day 1
9:30 am-5 pm
Intro circle: get to know each other + gratitude
Talk about combo-tanning process and different types of tanning
Flesh your sheepskin
Lunch
Make a tannic bark brew and put the sheepskins in
Day 2
10 am-5pm
Give sheepskins a bath
Scud hides (push liquid out)
Sew up holes
Lunch
Egg (dress) hides
Open hide tanning Q+A
Learn to make fire by friction (if time allows)
Day 3
10 am-4 pm
Frame hides
Soften till they’re dry!